Utility Worker I - $18.99 hourly

Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority; Douglasville (GA); Presencial; USD 30.000 - 40.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

On-call rotating schedule

Every other Friday off

Resumo da vaga

The Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority is seeking a team member for manual labor involving maintenance of water and sewer lines. Responsibilities include location and installation of utilities, mixing cement, and assisting equipment operators. Applicants should have a high school diploma or GED, valid Georgia driver's license, and the ability to lift heavy objects.

Work schedules are Monday through Friday, with an emphasis on safety in potentially hazardous environments. This is a physically demanding role requiring various physical abilities.

Qualificações

• Valid State of Georgia driver's license required.
• Ability to work under varying weather conditions.
• Familiar with safety precautions around mechanized equipment.

Responsabilidades

• Works as part of a crew to maintain water and sewer lines.
• Assists in repairing service lines and fire hydrants.
• Cleans and discards hazardous waste and materials from manholes.

Conhecimentos

Knowledge of county and city streets

Knowledge of tools used in maintenance

Skill in operating small hand tools

Ability to understand and carry out verbal instructions

Ability to work overtime with little notice

Formação

High School diploma or GED preferred

Ferramentas

Cement mixing tools

Small hand tools

Descrição da vaga

Job Summary

This position performs manual labor of routine difficulty completing physically demanding unskilled and limited semi‑skilled tasks. Works as a member of a water, wastewater, or construction crew maintaining water, sewer, and storm drain lines. An individual in this position is required to be on‑call on a rotating basis. Reports to the Construction (or Maintenance) Foreman.

Core hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with every other Friday off.

Essential Job Functions

• Works as a member of a water, wastewater, or construction crew locating utilities, laying pipe, installing fire hydrants, making taps, making bores under roads and driveways, installing valves, valve boxes, landscaping, and other related work.
• Mixes cement using bricks to rehab and remodel manholes.
• Assists equipment operators with spotting utilities and protecting utilities while digging.
• Digs out water, sewer, and/or storm water lines with shovel.
• Sets up confined space entry equipment.
• Cleans and discards hazardous waste and materials, dirt, and debris from manholes.
• Assists in repairing service lines, mains, sewer manholes, fire hydrants, valves, and storm drain pipes.
• Lifts pumps, earth‑tamping machines, pipes, fittings, and other materials.
• Performs landscaping duties.
• Assists equipment operators with properly stocking, maintaining, and cleaning vehicles and equipment.
• Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: High School diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) preferred.

Special Qualifications: Possession of a valid State of Georgia driver’s license and a satisfactory Motor Vehicle Record (MVR).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of county and city streets and locations within the Authority’s delivery system.
• Knowledge of tools used in maintenance and construction.
• Knowledge of precautions necessary to work safely with and around mechanized equipment.
• Knowledge of chemicals, cement, and hazardous waste.
• Skill in operating small hand tools and equipment.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public.
• Ability to understand and carry out verbal instructions.
• Ability to work under varying weather conditions.
• Ability to work overtime with little or no notice.

Physical Demands

The work is very heavy requiring exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, or over 50 pounds frequently, or over 20 pounds constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Climbing: Ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles using feet and/or hands and arms.
• Crawling: Moving on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touch.
• Fingering: Working primarily with fingers such as picking, pinching, typing.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: Picking, holding, or working primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing: Sufficient to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at the knee to come to a rest on knee(s).
• Lifting: Raising or moving objects horizontally using upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through logic and deduction.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to draw, haul or tug objects in sustained motion.
• Pushing: Pressing against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial wrist, hand, and/or finger movements.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Talking: Sufficient to express or exchange ideas verbally, including detailed instructions.
• Visual Acuity: Ability to observe violations of codes, operate standard office equipment, read/write reports, correspondence, instructions, drawings, operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment day and night.
• Walking: Ability to move on foot for long distances or between work sites.

Work Environment

The employee is regularly exposed to inclement weather, temperature or humidity changes, dust, fumes, gases, insects, and animals. May be subjected to water depths of up to approximately three feet, or work near hazardous traffic areas. Noise level is usually loud.

The Douglasville‑Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.